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Posted 01 January 2011 - 05:49 AM

I use MSTS as my main simulator, but I decided to try OR. Can anybody explain it? I also get this error when I try to use it. Attached Image: ScreenShot2.jpg

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Posted 01 January 2011 - 05:59 AM

Hi,
Open Rails requires a graphics card capable of displaying shader model 2.0. It appears that yours doesn't meet the minimum requirements. Could you tell us a little about your system and what make and model is your graphics card to assist in debugging the issue?
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Posted 01 January 2011 - 11:45 AM

I'm currently using an IBM T30. :thumbup3: Not a very swell computer. It has a ATI radion mobile graphics card. :oldstry: Not very swell ether.

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Posted 01 January 2011 - 01:31 PM

Shay,
I'm sorry but your video card does not support the minumun requirements to run Open Rails which is Directx 9.0c with Shader Model 2.0. Here's the specs for your card from IBM's web site.

T30 Video Card
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 chipset
AGP 4X
16MB DDR-SDRAM
166MHz bus

R7500 - DirectX 8.0
ATI's first graphics processor to be DirectX 8 compliant. It was introduced in 2001. RV200 features onchip DDR memory controller and comes with initial programmable vertex shader support. The only release was the Radeon 7500

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Posted 01 January 2011 - 04:42 PM

To bad. :) Some day, I will upgrade. But I did install OR on my family's Windows 7 machine. I have never seen so much detail. I guess OR simply runs on MSTS. How do I get the stable release?

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Posted 01 January 2011 - 07:06 PM

There is no stable release, it is still in development and will be for SOME time yet.

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Posted 01 January 2011 - 07:20 PM

Oh. :) Also, On the other computer, (Windows 7) the smoke or steam doesn't appear. What is causing this?

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Posted 02 January 2011 - 09:02 AM

I guess that goes for the controls too. They are missing too.
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